‘NEW AND EXCITING’ GLASS BOTTOM BOAT TOURS

Spencer Gulf Adventures are excited to announce our new glass bottom boat has hit our shores! This will bring a whole new level of exciting new adventures on offer for all.

Enjoy your glass bottom boat tour on board 'Freedom Explorer' Our 8mt glass bottom boat that can host up to 20 guests. Be greeted by our most amazing bottle nosed dolphins that will provide you with an unforgettable experience. Whyalla has been well known for some of the friendliest dolphins. Explore the underwater world while we cruise the rocky coast line looking at the giant strong fish. These can reach up to 1.2mt long and enjoy seeing a range of other fish along the way. Enjoy some local history around the shipping and steelworks. We are licenced to enter the private inner harbour to get up close and personal to massive ships, tugs, barges, and steel making industry. Enjoy a cruise around our ever so popular unique circular jetty and see Whyalla's beautiful beaches. This is one ultimate tour you do not want to miss!

What’s Provided? - Skipper 'Steve' with over 25 years of local knowledge in Whyalla - History, stories to share - Close to shorelines, safe and shaded seating - Learn about Whyalla's marine wildlife - Ride aboard Freedom Explorer, clean and well-maintained vessel - Sunscreen

Meeting Point - Whyalla Marina boat ramp pontoons strictly 15min before departure times. Free Parking is available within the marina, and those towing parking is ample.

Additional Information- Please arrive 15 min before advertised departure times to allow meet/check ins. Free Parking is available at the Whyalla Marina car parks. Caravans or any large rigs have large amounts of parking area. Please allow the closer car parks for boats trailers to take priority. Short walk down to the boat ramp where your vessel will be tied up ready to depart. Please make sure you have been to the toilet before departure, toilets are located next to the tourist centre pod. No toilet is on board the vessel.

The Rotary Club of Whyalla has had a long standing association with Centacare, in Whyalla.  Helen and Paula who are from Centacare and will fill us in on what the Haven involves.

• The Admin Committee, the aim is to ensure the Club is successful, thriving and a fun place.  A club People will want to join.
• The Projects Committee, The aim is to ensure the Club Projects are successful and keep members interested in being members

Perter Jarvis, District 9510 Shelterbox Coordinator

What is ShelterBox

ShelterBox exists to ensure no one is without shelter after disaster. We often work in places that others don’t, making sure that we reach families who need support to take the next step in resuming their livelihoods.

By providing emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by disaster, we’re transforming despair into hope.

From Cameroon to Syria, all the way to the Philippines and the Caribbean, ShelterBox has provided shelter to over 2.5 million people so far.

We won’t stop until we see a world where no family goes without shelter after disaster.

Club Assembly is for Club Members only

This evening Rotarian Kerre Wilsher, will tell us all about Rotary Cadre and how she came to be a part of it.

• The Admin Committee, the aim is to ensure the Club is successful, thriving and a fun place.  A club People will want to join.
• The Projects Committee, The aim is to ensure the Club Projects are successful and keep members interested in being members

BRON ANDERSON Community Development Manager Beyond Bank

Bron Anderson has a diverse work experience that spans several industries. They began their career in 2006 at Drake Australia, where they provided administration support and served as a Sales Administrator/Proposal Coordinator. In 2000, they joined Anderson Planners as a Financial Planner/Mortgage Broker, offering financial planning advice and mortgage brokerage services. In 2018, Bron worked as a Financial Planner at Financial Lifestyle Solutions SA. Currently, they hold two roles at Beyond Bank Australia, starting in 2019. They are a Financial Adviser and a Community Development Manager. This comprehensive background showcases Bron's expertise in finance, administration, and sales support.

• The Admin Committee, the aim is to ensure the Club is successful, thriving and a fun place.  A club People will want to join.
• The Projects Committee, The aim is to ensure the Club Projects are successful and keep members interested in being members

The clube will be 70 years old on the  30th June.  Arrangements need to be made for a celebration

Today we will be meeting at the Rotary Shed, Jubilee Park for a BBQ and get together.

We will also have a guest today, Ms Rachel Fitzgerald.  Rachel is this years winner of the Glen Eden prize for excellence in Mental Health at the university.  the photgraph is of Rachel and her Partner at her graduation earlier this year.

Club assembly is for Members only

Dismantle and transport the playground to the pavilion. Lunch provided

Involvement with 'Dream Cricket' and the Whyalla Special School to find out how kids enjoy the Dream Cricket play activities. All roarians Welcome

Date: Sunday 31 August 2025

Time: 1 PM – 3 PM

Where: Herdy’s Folley – 67 Rudall Avenue

Bring a plate to share

BYO Drinks

If you have a putter and ball bring it along

Kids welcomeate: Sunday 31 August 2025

Ms Rebecca Neilson Is the Community and Neighbourhood Development Lead, for Hope Whyalla.  Rebecca has worked with Mission Australia for almost five years.

The following extract has been taken from the Mission Austalia Web page.

Mission Australia and HOPE Collective partner on Whyalla Community of Focus 

Mission Australia and HOPE Collective are reinforcing their commitment to Whyalla and will work together to create long-term change in the community.

The partnership will see Whyalla become Mission Australia’s fourth Community of Focus, with the organisations building on the solid foundation that HOPE Collective has established in the community to create positive change. 

Launching in 2024, the collaboration will see Mission Australia commit up to 10 years of funding towards the establishment of a local team who will support HOPE Collective’s ongoing work with the Whyalla community. 

HOPE Collective is a collaboration of multiple groups including community groups, schools, churches, residents, and government agencies and non-government organisations. Mission Australia was a founding member of HOPE Collective.  

The heart of HOPE Collective is to serve the local community, to see the community as experts in their own story, to empower neighbourhoods, and to see lives transformed.  

This Communities of Focus partnership will enhance and deepen the ongoing work that HOPE Collective has been doing with the Whyalla community over the past nine years.     

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club assembly is for members only